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Trap-happy

From
Robert Morgan, British Fur Trade Association

Mark Glover gives a one-sided and shallow interpretation of the debate on the European Union’s ban on the leghold trap (Letters, 4 May, p 54). The fact that the European Commission has decided to postpone and amend Regulation 3254/91 demonstrates not only greater recognition by the EU of its international trade obligations, but also illustrates the complexities of the trapping issue.

If the EU’s objective is to promote animal welfare, this will not be achieved by banning one type of trap while allowing others, which are possibly even less humane, to remain in use. There are many traps available for sale on the European market, …